…after the X-Rays

So it's Thursday night and I am out at knitting and we were discussing interesting blogs and I was mentioning how much I am enjoying SouleMama and her picture project. I was checking to make sure I had the correct blog and noticed that I had an email from Keith. A bit odd so I opened it and the gist of it was, if I'm not home when you get here I am at the hospital near the house. Needless to say Eleanor got promptly put away and I headed to the ER to get the whole story. Did I mention I had two phones with me and neither had rang…he didn't want to bother me at knitting. I think we need a new household rule that any emergency room visits warrant a phone call, but maybe that's just me. Fortunately, we meet for knitting very near to our house and the hospital so Keith returned my call on my way and caught me up. Jammed toe/foot on door, loss of feeling, can't bear weight, went to ER, x-rays, and waiting for results. The ladies at the desk gave me a visitor badge for Room 15 and pointed me in the right direction. No pictures in the ER and fortunately his toe/foot is not broken it is a severe contusion that we will need to keep an eye on for a few weeks. This is a picture about 24 hours later and no matter which camera or lighting I use I can't due the color justice. One half of his foot is black/purple and the toe is striped.

He is still having a bit of trouble getting around so I think we will be laying low this weekend.

“25 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

"...to be a parent is to live in the past-present-future all at once. It is to hug your children and be intensely aware of how much smaller they felt last year...even as you wonder how much bigger they will feel the next. It is to be a time-shifter, to marvel at the budding of their intellect, their verbal dexterity, their sense of humor...at the same time rewinding and fast-forwarding...to when they were younger, to when they'll be older. It is to experience longing for the here and now..." -Youngme Moon - Different